From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 26 22:53: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dartagnan.maths.adelaide.edu.au (dartagnan.maths.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.44.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 646F915110 for ; Wed, 26 May 1999 22:53:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@dartagnan.maths.adelaide.edu.au) Received: by dartagnan.maths.adelaide.edu.au (5.64+1.3.1+0.50/UA-5.19) id AA20154; Thu, 27 May 1999 15:22:48 +0930 From: Gregory Lewis Message-Id: <9905270552.AA20154@dartagnan.maths.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: hot to install? In-Reply-To: <374CB0B0.D3725389@tdnet.com.br> from Unknow User at "May 27, 99 02:40:48 am" To: kernel@tdnet.com.br (Unknow User) Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 15:22:47 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 927 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > I have a P 233 MMX with a SCSI COntroller (adaptec 2940) and a Quantum > > > Viking II (9,1 GB) > > > > > > > > > I would like to install freebsd 2.2.7, but how can i do it if the kernel > > > that comes with the CD Set does not have support this controller! > > > > You can get a newer distribution that does :). I suspect 2.2.8 does, and > > I know that 3.1 and 3.2 do. Note that you can install over the net if you > > like, so getting these shouldn't be a problem. > > This system is supposed to be a shell account server, so i would not > enjoy using 3.x ? Err...why not? > Does anyone know if 2.2.8 can be installed under this hardware config ? According to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.8-RELEASE/HARDWARE.TXT the answer is yes. I suggest checking that over yourself if you're in doubt. -- Greg Lewis glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au Computing Officer +61 8 8303 3237 Teletraffic Research Centre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message